Electric sign



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' H. STANGEBYE ELECTRIC SIGN Filed '21. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 13",1926. 1,586,928

.H. STANGEBYE ELECTRIC SIGN Filed 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I A I J3. VE IEE Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

HAROLD STANGEBYE, OF HOBART, INDIANA.

ELECTRIC sien.

Application filed February 21, 1925- Serial No. 10,768.

1 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD Srancnnrn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Hobart, inthe county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Electric Sign; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the acconipanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to illuminated signs in general and more particularly to such signs as are adapted to display an indirectly illuminated picture or representation thereon. It is accordingly an object of this invention to provide an indirectly illuminated sign.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a sign having component configurations thereon and means for indirectly coloring the different component configurations of said sign.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an indirectly illuminated and. colored design.

It i further an object of this invention to provide perforated plates, the perforations thereof being arranged according to a selected configuration.

It is also an object of this invention to provide such a plate with means for indirectly coloring and illuminating the same.

WVith the above and other objects in View as will be apparent, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevational view partly in section of an electrical sign embodying the principles of this invention and showing the indirect coloring means and illuminating means.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of the sign.

Figure 3 is a section on the line III-III of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an end view of the sign.

Figure 5 is a detail view of a configuration plate forming part of this invention.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail View of a portion of the configuration plate of Figure 5.

Figure '4" of Figure 6.

As shown on the drawings:

Numeral 1 represents a suitable supporting bar which has supported thereon and depending therefrom a pair of brackets 2. Secured in the lower end of the brackets 2 is a conduit 3 which is adapted to support a plurality of electric light bulbs 4 and re fleetors 5 therefor. The bulbs a and the reflectors are arranged so as to extend on either side of the conduit 3 and parallel to the axis thereof. Supported between the brackets 52 and enclosing the lights 4: and reflectors 5 is a hood 6. A. pair of end members 7 and 8 are shaped substantially as shown in Figure 4t and are provided with is a detail cross sectional view inwardly extending peripheral flanges 7 and 8. Supported by the lower portions of the flanges 7 and 8 is a channel-shaped perforated bottom member 9. The member 9 has secured thereto a grooved member 10. Extending inwardly fromv the upper portions of the end members 7 and 8, and secured thereto, is a pair of notched retaining blocks 11 and 12. A central plate 13 is removably supported beneath the conduit 3 by means of the blocks 11 and 12 and the grooved member 10. The plate 13 is adapted to have applied thereto, either by painting or in any suitable manner, a colored means 14 as hereinafter more fully described. A pair of plates 15 which may be of any suitable material are removably mounted between the hood 6 and the bottom member 9 on opposite sides of the plate 13, and are supported by the grooves formed by angle members 16 and 17 with said hood and bot tom members respectively. The plate members 15 have selected designs therein which may be of any suitable shape and are formed by a series of perforated parallel slots 18 punched through the plates 15. These slots 18 are all parallel to each other and are preferably equally spaced with a distance apart equal to the width of the slots. The spacings between the punched slots may be painted to effect a colored design in the daytime corresponding to the design made by the slots. As shown in Figure 5, the slots are of various lengths to effect the desired design. Practically any design may be ob tained in this way. The colored means 14 may be a rough representation of the design in the plate 15 having several component parts of different colors, with said parts corresponding with the-various parts of-the design, as shown in Figures 1 and 5,' so as to produce a multi-colored illuminated picture. The conduit 3 has threaded thereon a nut '19 Which may be removed to permit the end member 8 to be removed to permit removal of the plates 13 and 15. The bulbs t and reflectors 5 therefor arearrang'edso as to therein arranged asdescribedto conform witlrany desired configuration or-design and by providing the plate 13 with the colored means 14 thereon with the illuminatingmeans therefora very realistic colored picture or design may be eli'ected. course, be understoodthat While a picture is illustrated on'plate'15, said design may be a letter; a word, a symbol or a group of letters and Wordsto meet particular require ments.-

As illustrated in Figure 2 the bottom plate 9 is provided with a plurality of apertures to permit'rain, dust and-snowto readily passtherethrough-to keepythe interior of the sign housing clean. plate-may be-provided'With hooks adapted to-be removably engaged-over-thepipe orv conduit?) thereby afi'ordmg'an arrangement;

whereby the, color 01 reflector plate 13 may be -un-h'ook'ed' from the con'du-itand removed through a slotoropening in the bottom of the signhousingto permit the reflector plate to be cleaned. Any suitable type of sign housingin aybe-provided Which will removably holdthe slot-ted'sign plates and the colorreflectonplate. 7

Iain awarethatnumerous details of con- It Will, of

If desired "the colorstructionqmay be cvaried through a Wide range WVlthOUb. departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

- Ifclaim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described, comprising-a member having perforations therein of a selected configuration, means having a vari-colored'design thereon conform- .ing substantially With-the design of the member perforations and spaced from said membcr and meansfor illuminating said colored means, thus causing' its colors to be displayed between said perforations.

2. A device of theclass described, comprising a member having--perfor:.it-ionstherein of a selected configuration, means having a vari-colored design thereon conforming substantially with-the-design ofthe member perforationsandspaced from said mem ber, and means-out ot'ali'nement with said member and colored means but between the two 'for illun'i-inatin'g said colored-yn'ieans. thus causing its colorsto be displayed throughsaid perforations- 3. A deviceot' the class-described, com-- prising amember hav'inga design therein formed by a pIurality of para-llel slots, said slot-s being-equally spaced, means-havingava'ri-colored design i thereon conforming substantially with the design of the member slots, and means out of alinemen-t With* said member and colored-means but between the two for-illuminatingtsaid coloredneans' and causing its colors to be displayed through said Eslots:

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HAROLD STANGEBY'E. 

